Bowling pin handling apparatus



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4BY A @mi @Qq/tg atented Nov. 28, 1950 UNITED BOWLDVG PIN HANDLING AlPPl'ElUS Application September 9, i946, Serial No. 695,594

This invention relates generally to bowling pin handling apparatus and more particularly to pin handling apparatus embodying mechanism for lifting standing pins while dead wood is removed irom the alley.

lt is the general object of the invention to provide a new and improved pin handling and lifting mechanism for use in automatic howl-ing machines.

Another object is to provide a novel pin handling mechanism having means adapted to litt standing pins after a first ball has been rolled in each trame of a game and for returning said pins to the positions where they were found, either on or oni the alley spots.

.another object is to provide such a pin hanolling mechanism with mechanical devices for lifting standing pins and ior replacing them upon the alley.

Another object is to provide independently operated devices for lifting standing pins, together with means for clamping the standing pins to the hed during application of the pin lifting devices thereto, thereby insuring lifting of the standing pins without moving them laterally from the positions they occupied on the bed.

further object is to provide a pin handling mechanism comprising a first horizontal frame, a second horizontally extending frame positioned inst below the iirst frame, the second irame being shiftable with respect to the iirst frame, a third horizontal frame positioned immediately below the second horizontal frame and movable relatively to the second frame, said third frame carrying pin lifting devices adapted to engage the necks of standing pins when the third frame is moved relatively to the second frame; and means on the first frame located above each alley pin-spot and operable to engage the head or the pin and clamp it to the alley bed prior to movement of the third frame for engaging the pin lifting devices with pins.

Other objects will become readily apparent from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a, side elevation of an automatic pin setting machine embodying a preferred form of the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation with the pin setting device in lifted position.

Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof along the line 3 3 of l'llg. 2.

Fig. i is a side elevational view showing the 13 Claims. (Cl. 273-42) positions of the parts when. the setter is placing a set of pins on the alley bed.

Fig. 5 is a plan' view along the line 5 5 of Fig. i.

Fig. 6 is a View similar to Fig. i showing the pin setter in an intermediate position, the parts arranged to engage standing pins prior to a lifting operation.

l is a plan view along the line l-l of Fig.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section along the line irl-t of Mg. 5.

"While there is shown in the drawings and herelnaiter described in det/ail a preferred form oi the invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the particular form and arrangement shown. lt is contemplated that various changes may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

As shown in the drawings, the invention is illustrated in connection with an automatic pin setter of the type disclosed and claimed in my Patent No. 2,015,428 dated September 24, i935, although it will loe apparent that the invention in the same or other forms may be readily embodied in other automatic pin setting machines.

.es illustrated in l'ig. l, an alley bed, l@ has a set of pins il positioned thereon; l2 indicates the usual pit and i3 a pit cushion; it is a side guard or kickback on the 'lar side of the alley bed.

The pin setter is supported by means including a pair of upright frame elements l5 between the upper ends of which is located a cross-channel it. A pair of forwardly extending channels il are provided with vertically positioned bushings lil, in which vertically extending cylindrical bars it are slidahle. These bars, at their lower ends, carry the pin lifting mechanism to Whichthis invention is principally directed.

As shown best in Figs. 2 to 6 the pin setter comprises three horizontally extending and parallel decks or frames, A, B and C. The frame il. is located intermediate frames B and C with the frame B above and frame C below :trame A. Frame A is fixed to the lower ends of the vertical rods lil which extend to laterally projecting lugs i@ on the frame and are secured thereto as by welding.

Frame A, which may be termed the pin carrier in that it supports a set of pins While they are carried from an upper position to a lowered position adjacent the bed, consists generally of a rear cross-angle member il, and side members `22 which extend from the rear member first parallel to each other and then converge towards the front end of the frame where they are joined by a cross-angle 23. This frame has cross-bars 24, 25, 26 and 21 upon which pins are adapted to rest when the frame is away from the alley bed. Means are provided so that when the frame is in its lowermost position adjacent the alley bed, the pins carried on the cross-bars may be moved forwardly off the bars and onto the alley pin spots.

Frame B, as shown best in Figs. l and 3, has ten relatively short tubular pin chutes 30 which are adapted to receive pins from other portions of the pin setting machine and to direct them downwardly onto the cross-bars 24 to 21 of frame A. Frame B is a fabricated structure comprising a rear cross-member 3| and a front crossmember 32 and a pair of side members 33, portions of which are parallel adjacent the rear cross-member 3| and other portions of which converge to join the front cross-member 32. The frame B is arranged to be moved from the position shown in Fig. 2, wherein a set of pins is resting on the cross-bars 24 to 21 of frame A, to a forward position as shown in Fig. 4 wherein the pins have been slid off the cross-bars and onto the pin spots on the alley bed. Frame B is supported on Frame A for this relative movement by means of pairs of links 15 and 16, the lower ends of which are pivotally connected to frame A and the upper ends of which are pivotally connected to certain of the chutes 30 on frame B. Carried on frame B, at positions immediately above the alley pin spots when the frame B is in its rear position, are circular plates 10. These plates are secured to the lower ends of vertical rods 1| which are vertically slidably supported on the frame B and have cross-pins 12 to limit the downward movement thereof. Coiled springs 13 are positioned between the plates 16 and the frame B and act normally to press the plates downwardly from the frame. These plates function, as described more fully hereinafter, to engage the tops of standing pins and to clamp them to the alley bed while the pin-lifting members described hereinafter are engaged with the necks of the pins.

Frame C, which is located below frame A and carries the pin-lifting devices hereinafter described,'is mounted on frame A for sliding movement in a front-to-rear direction thereon or parallel to the direction of the alley bed. As illusstrated herein frame C consists of a rear crossmember 35 and a front cross-member 36 together with a pair of side members 31 which have parallel portions adjacent their rearends and converging portions adjacent their front ends. The rear portions of the side members 31 carry brackets 38 having rollers 39 thereon. These rollers engage short parallel tracks 40 formed on the side members 22 of the frame A. Frame C also has a pair of brackets 4| extending from the forward portion of the side members 31 and carrying rollers 42 which engage on tracks 43 formed on brackets 44 extending laterally from the frame A. The tracks 43 and 40 are parallel as illustrated in Fig. 3 so that frame C can be shifted with respect to frame A.

Frame C as herein shown is comprised of a thin sheet of metal or other material 45 extending between the frameL formed by the members 35, 36 and 31. This sheet or plate has ten apertures 46 therein, located in the plate at positions corresponding somewhat to the positions of the ten pin spots on the alley bed. The rear portions of the apertures 46 are semi-circular in shape at,

41 and the front side walls 49 converge from intermediate parallel side walls 48. These apertures are located in the plate 45 so that when the frame C is in its forward or righthand position as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 the semi-circular rear portions of the apertures are coaxial with the alley pin spots.

The pin-lifting devices comprise forked members 50 located one adjacent each aperture 46 and immediately below plate 45. These members may 'be made of metal or other suitable material and comprise a U-shaped portion with parallel side members 5| and divergent ends 52. In the preferred form shown the side members 5| are spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the adjacent portion of the neck of a bowling pin so that the members 5| can straddle the neck of a pin without contacting said neck while the forked members 50 are being moved from the position shown in Fig. 5 to that shown in Fig. 7. The closed ends 53 of these members are pivotally supported on the plate 45 to swing laterally of the apertures 46.

As illustrated herein and best seen in Figs. 7 and 8, the plate 45 at the righthand end of each aperture 46 has a recess 55. Each member 50 has a lug 56 upstanding from the closed end 53 thereof and a fiat plate portion 51 formed integrally with the upper end of the lug 56. When the member 50 has been positioned against the lower surface of plate 45 and the lug 56 thereon moved into the recess 55 the plate portion 51 overlies the plate 45 and cooperates with the closed portion 53 to form guide and bearing surfaces for the pin-lifting member. A coiled spring 58 is positioned between a pin 59 secured to the plate portion 51 and a pin 60 secured to the plate 45 and functions to hold the lifting member 50 in a position generally aligned with the' aperture 46. In addition, the springs 58 permit each member 50 to swing relatively to the respective apertures 46. If the member 50 as shown in Fig. 7 swings in a clockwise direction, the end 6| of the lug 56 acts as a pivot point against the wall of the recess 55, whereas if the member 50 swings in a counterclockwise direction, the end 62 of the lug 56 acts as a pivot point. In either event the spring 56 functions to return the lifting member 50 to its normal position as shown in Fig. 5.

In the present form of the invention mechanism is provided for lowering the pin setter from the raised position of Fig. 2 when it is desired to set pins, or lift standing pins; and associated with that mechanism are means for shifting the upper pin setter frame B and the lower pin setter frame C relatively to the frame A. The means for lowering and raising the pin setter comprises a pair of vertically extending rods which are pivotally connected at their lower ends to the frame A by means of pins 8| and are pivotally connected at their upper ends to actuating arms 82 by means of pins 83. The arms 82 are carried adjacent the opposite ends of a horizontal shaft 84 which is arranged to be driven periodically in forward and reverse directions by suitable mechanism (not shown) The operating means for frame B (Figs. 2, 4, and 6) comprises a link 85 pivotally connected at one end to a lug 86 on the rear cross-member 3| of the frame and extending horizontally therefrom in a rearward direction so that its other end may be connected by means of a pin 81 to one arm 88 of a bell crank lever 89. Another arm 90 of this bell crank lever is connected by means of a pin 9| to a lug t2 extending rearwardly from the rear cross-member 2l of frame A. A third arm 93 of the bell crank lever is connected to one end of an operating rod 94. Thus. by moving the operating rod upwardly from the position shown in Fig. 2, the bell crank lever 9 pivots on the pin 9i and through the arms 90 and 88 causes the link t5 to shift the frame B forwardly (to the right) of the frame A sumciently to move the pins which are within the chutes 3G and standing on the bars 2t, 25, 26 and 2l off the bars and onto the alley pin spots. Mechanism (not shown) is provided for actuating the rod 9d when the pin setter frames are in a lowered position immediately adjacent the alley bed.

The means for shifting the lower frame C relatively to frame A is herein shown as comprising a bell crank lever it mounted on a pivot pin di which is secured to a bracket lil2 fastened on the rear cross-member il of the frame A and in a position upstanding therefrom.

A downwardly extending arm it of the bell crank lever has an elongated slot itil therein through which the pin itt extends, the pin being carried on a bracket itil extending rearwardly from the rear cross-member :l5 of the frame C. li horizontally extending arm itl of the bell crank lever is connected by pin tilt to the lower end of an actuating rod itt. Suitable mechanism (not shown) is provided for lowering and raising the rod its at appropriate times when the pin setter has been lowered so that the plates lt engage the tops of standing pins.

.assuming that the pin setter is in its raised position as shown in Fig. 2 and that the chutes each contain a pin standing on the cross-bars (llt to ill) of frame A, the frame C then being in its forward or righthand position as shown in Fig. 2, the operation of the pin setter is as iollows: the pin setter is rst lowered toward the alley bed it until the bottoms of the lifting members tt are approximately 1A; of an inch from the bed surface. lThis lowering movement is accom- T olished by means or the arms itl and rods dit. when the pin setter has reached this lowered position the rod t@ is raised from the position of Fig. 2 to the `position of ,'iiig. i to shift the .trame forwardly or towards the right, as shown in Fig. Li, to move 'the pins ori the cross-bars 2d to lill and onto the alley pin spots. With the pin setter frames E and C remaining in their forward positions the pin setter is then raised by movement of the arms t2 to the elevated position shown in Fig. 2. The operating mechanism for the pin setter frames is preferably so designed that as the frame E reaches the position above the top of the pins, the rod td is lowered relatively to the setter and functions to move the :trarne iii rearwardly or toward the left of trame a back to the position of Fig. 2.

With the pin setter in its raised position the alley is ready for play and preferably a new set oi pins is fed into the chutes so that they stand on the cross-bars of the frame A. assuming that upon the rolling of the iirst ball some ci the pins remain standing, while others are knocked down, the pin setter operating mechanism is again placed in operation to move the pin setter down and pick up the standing pins. Thus through operation of the arms t2 and the rods t the pin setter is lowered until the spring-pressed plates lll engage the tops of the standing pins and the springs la are compressed. The downward movement of the pin setter is preferably such that the Bil dit

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plates 'lt are raised from the frame B and permit the springs ll to clamp the pins to the alley bed. The construction shown is adapted to compensate for any normal variations in the height of the pins and to provide a clamping action when the pins are lifted.

As soon as the standing pins are clamped to the alley bed the pin setter frame C is moved towards the left from the position shown in Fig. 4 to the position shown in Fig. 6, thus engaging the forked lifting members di) with the necks of the standing pins, although gripping contact between the member 5l) and the pin is not effected until the frames are raised'. The divergent ends t2 of the lifting members function during this movement to engage the necks of the pins ilrst, so'that if the pins have 4been moved olf the alley bed spots as the result of the rolling of the first ball, the lifting members are swung on their pivotal support means to a position such that the neck of the pin can enter the parallel sided slot between the portions di of the lifting member. When the frame C has been moved to its rearmost position to the left, as shown in Fig. 6, the pin setter can be raised to bring the members til into gripping engagement with the pins and lift the standing pins while the dead wood is swept from the alley as by a suitable sweep means of the type well known in the art including a board S extending transversely o the alley bed. lliuring the lifting of 'the pins the pins are firmly heid in positions immediately above those where they were found on 'the alley bed by the downward pressure of the plates on the heads of the pins and the parallel portions di of the lifting members engaging the necks of the pins on the outwardly tapered portions leading to the heads or the pins.

titer the sweeping operation is completed the pin setter is again lowered until the pins are returned to the alley bed, the pin setter frames descending, after the bottoms of the pins engage the alley bed, a distance sumcient to move the lifting members 5d downwardly along the necks of the pins to release the side portions 5l therefrom. While the pins are held clamped to the alley bed by the spring-pressed discs lll the frame C is shifted to the right from the position shown in Fig. 6 by means or the actuating rod its to withdraw the lifting members from the necks of the pins. Thereafter the pin setter is raised, leaving the pins standing on the alley bed in the exact locations where they were found prior to the lifting operation. tl/"hen the frame C is moved to its righthand position the springs t8 function to return. the lifting members to their normal positions centered with respect to the apertures dt. The pins on the alley are then ready for the rolling of the second ball of the frame, and the pin setter is in its raised position with a complete set oi pins ready to set for the next frame.

claim:

l. .d pin handling mechanism having, in com bination, ilrst horizontally extending frame; means for supporting said trarne for movement towards and from an operative position above an alley bed; a second frame carried by said rst frame for movement therewith to and from said operative position, said second frame being supported on said rst frame for movement laterally thereof; a plurality of spring pressed plates carried by said first frame and positioned to engage the tops of standing pins when the frame is moved to said operative position to clamp the tresse-rias it on the rods il which support the 'it pins against the alley ted; and means ca the second frame arranged to engage the necks of standing pins when so clamped, said means comprising a plurality of pivotally mounted independently movable members each adapted toengage the neck of a standing pin, each such member having a channel with parallel walls of sufcient width to admit the neck of a pin. said channel being closed at one end, with diverging walls at the other end; and pivot means adjacent the closed end of each member for supporting said member for rotation on a vertical axis, said members each having their open end facing a pin position and normally being spaced therefrom in a direction opposite to the direction of said lateral movement, relative movement of said frames causing the parallel walls of said members to move into position to straddle the neck of a clamped pin.

2. A pin handling mechanism having, in combination, a first horizontally extending frame; means for supporting said frame for movement towards and from an operative position above an alley bed; a second frame 'carried by said first frame for movement therewith to and from said operative position, said second frame being supported for movement laterally of said rst frame; a plurality of spring pressed plates carried by said first frame and positioned to engage the tops of standing pins when the frame is moved to said operative position to clamp the pins against the alley bed; and means on the second frame arranged to engage the necks of standing pins when so clamped, said means comprising a plurality of horizontally swingable independently movable members each mounted for pivotal movement about a separate vertical axis and each adapted to engage the neck of a standing pin, each such member having a channel closed at one end, with diverging walls at the other end, and with substantially parallel walls intermediate such ends, said members each having their open end facing a pin position and normally being spaced therefrom in a direction opposite to the direction of said lateral movement, relative movement of said frames causing the parallel walls of said members to move into position to straddle the neck of a clamped pin.

3. A pin handling mechanism having, in combination, a first frame; means for supporting said frame for movement towards and from an operative position adjacent an alley bed; a second frame carried by said first frame for movement therewith to and from said operative position, said second frame being supported for movement laterally of said first frame; a plurality of spring pressed plates carried by said first frame and positioned to engage the tops of standing pins when the frame is moved to said operative position to clamp the pins against the alley bed; and means on the second frame arranged to engage the necks of standing pins when so clamped, said means comprising horizontally extending forked lifting members pivotally mounted on vertical axes on said second frame for independent swinging movement, said members each having their open end facing a pin position and spaced frame carried by said first frame for movement therewith to and from said operative position, said second frame being supported for movement laterally of said first frame; means carried on said first frame positioned to engage the tops of standing pins when the frame is moved to operative position t0 clamp the pins against the alley bed; and means on the second frame arranged grippingly to engage the necks of standing pins when so clamped so as to lift the pins when said first and second frames are raised, said means comprising forked lifting members pivotally mounted on vertical axes on said second frame for independent swinging movement.

5. Apparatus for lifting standing pins from an alley bed, comprising a plurality of horizontally extending independently movable members all mounted on a common support and each adapted to engage the neck of a standing pin, said members being fork shaped, with the free ends of the prongs thereof diverging; and pivot means for supporting said members on vertical axes on said support. v

6. Apparatus for lifting standing pins from an alley bed, comprising a plurality of horizontally extending independently movable members all mounted on a common support and each adapted to engage the neck of a different one of a symmetrically arranged set of standing pins, each such member having a channel of sufficient width to admit the neck of a pin, said channel being closed at one end, with diverging walls at the other end, and with flxedly spaced substantially parallel walls intermediate such ends; and pivot means adjacent the closed end of each member for supporting said member on a vertical axis on said support.

7. A pin handling mechanism having, in combination, a horizontally extending frame; means for moving said frame laterally and vertically; means for lifting standing pins from the alley bed, such means comprising a plurality of independently movable members normally spaced from the pins and each adapted to engage the neck of a standing pin upon lateral movement of said frame, each such member having a channel closed at one end, with diverging walls at the other end, and with substantially parallel walls intermediate such ends; and pivot means for supporting said members from said frame on vertical axes.

8. A pin handling mechanism having, in combination, a first vertically movable frame; a plurality of yieldable clamping members on said frame, said members being operable to engage the tops of standing pins to clamp the pins against an alley bed; a second frame vertically movable with said rst frame and laterally movable with respect thereto; a plurality of independently movable members pivotally mounted on vertical axes on said second frame for lifting standing pins from the alley bed, each lifting therefrom in a direction opposite to the direction bination, a first frame; means for supporting said frame for movement towards and from an operatlve position adjacent an alley bed; a second member having a horizontally disposed channel with diverging walls at one end and with substantially parallel walls at an intermediate portion; means for moving said second frame laterally to move each lifting member into a position for engagement with the neck of a standing pin; and means for moving said frames vertically to lift said pins from the alley bed, said clamping members and lifting members cooperating to hold the pins against lateral movement during the lifting operation.

9. A pin handling mechanism having, in combination. a. plurality of vertically movable clamping members operable to engage the tops of standing pins to clamp-the pins against an alley bed; a plurality of vertically and horizontally movable members for lifting standing pins from the alley bed, said members being pivotally mounted for independent swinging movement, each lifting member having a horizontally disposed channel with diverging walls at one end and with substantially parallel walls at an intermediate portion for receiving the neck of a standing pin therebetween; means for moving each lifting member horizontally adjacent to but not in gripping contact with the neck of a clamped pin adjacent the narrowest part of said neck, said neck being received in said channel. and means for simultaneously raising said clamping and lifting members, said lifting members engaging the neck of said pin and lifting said pin from the alley bed, said clamping members and lifting members cooperating to hold the pin against lateral movement during the lifting operation.

10. A pin handling mechanism having, in combination, a horizontally extending, vertically movable frame; means for supporting said frame above the rear end of a bowling alley bed and for lowering the frame to positions near the alley bed;

a second horizontally extending frame positioned l above said rst frame and movable vertically therewith; a third horizontal frame positioned immediately beneath said rst frame and movable forwardly and rearwardly relative thereto; means for supporting and guiding said third frame on said first frame for such movement, said third frame having apertures therein above each alley pin spot of a sufficient size to permit the head ends of pins to project therethrough when said pins are on the alley pin spots and also when said pins are displaced laterally from the alley pin spots; spring-pressed clamping devices on said second frame positioned directly above the alley pin spots, said clamping devices being positioned to engage the tops of standing pins and to clamp the pins onto the alley bed against lateral displacement when the frames are lowered with the third frame in its forward position; means for moving the third frame rearwardly of the other frames when they are in such pin clamping position, and means on the third frame arranged to engage the necks of standing pins during such movement of the third frame, said means comprising a fork-like lifting member for each pin position. each such member having prongs which diverge at their free ends and are arranged to engage displaced pins and to swing the forked members into alignment with the necks of such displaced pins vduring the rearward movement of the third frame; means pivotally supporting the front end of each member on said third frame with the prongs of the fork extending rearwardly under said apertures in the third frame; springs for normally holding said forked members centered with respect to said apertures; and means operable after the pins have been lifted from the alley bed and returned thereto for moving the third frame forwardly of the others to disengase said lifting devices and permit the frames to be raised while leaving the pins standing on the alley bed.

11. A pin handling mechanism having, in combination, a horizontally extending, vertically movable frame; a second horizontally extending frame positioned above said first mentioned frame and supported thereon for up-and-down a plurality of pin clamping devices extending downwardly therefrom; a third horizontally extending frame movable vertically with said first mentioned frame and movable horizontally relative thereto, said third-frame having a plurality of pin lifting devices thereon, each such4 device comprising a pivotally mounted independently movable member having a channel closed at one end. with diverging walls at the other end, and with substantially parallel walls intermediate such ends; means for moving said third frame horizontally with respect to said rst frame, said lifting devices being moved with said third frame to straddle a clamped standing pin upon said relative movement between said frames and means for raising said frames and lifting devices. said devices lifting standing pins upon upward movement thereof, each clamping device holding a lifted pin against swinging movement in one of said lifting devices during said lifting operation.

12. A pin handling mechanism having, in combination, a first vertically movable frame; a plurality of vertically yieldable clamping members on said frame, said members being operable to engage the tops of standing pins to clamp the pins against an alley bed both on and adjacent to pin spots; a second frame vertically movable with said first frame and laterally movable with respect thereto; a plurality of horizontally dis said second frame laterally to move each lifting member into position to straddle the neck of a standing pin; and means for moving said frames vertically to lift said pins from the alley bed, said yieldable clamping members and lifting -members both engaging said pins to hold the pins against lateral movement during the lifting operation.

13. A pin handling mechanism having, in combination. a horizontally extending frame; means for moving said frame vertically from an inoperative position to an operative position above an alley bed; means for moving said frame horizontally; means on said frame for lifting standing pins from the alley bed, such means comprising a pluralityy of independently movable members each having a channel closed at one end with diverging walls at the other end, and

with substantially parallel walls intermediate l such ends. said parallel walls being spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the narrowest width of the neck of a pin, each member being carried by said frame and movable horizontally therewith to a position adjacent to but not in gripping contact with the neck of a standing pin, said neck being within the channel and between the parallel walls thereof. and said members being movable vertically with said frame to engage the necks of such pins and lift such pins from the alley bed, and pivot means for supporting said members on vertical axes.

ERNEST HEDENSKOOG.

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